Set DAC port with a specific number
Usually named instance can uses dynamic port, if firewall setup on the server, you can use SQL Server Configuration Manager...
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-10)
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Use delegated session configuration in Powershell 3.0
Powershell 3.0 has many new feature, and they are useful in some circumstance.
let's say User A log in server A,...
2013-04-05
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Compression Backup with BUFFERCOUNT parameter
If you want to make you backup faster, you can try BUFFERCOUNT parameter with compression backup.
From Book Online description:
BUFFERCOUNT = { buffercount | @buffercount_variable...
2013-04-03
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Get Perfmon data with Powershell
Sometimes you just want to have a look at the system performance, or you feel tired with log on the server, open...
2013-02-21
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"Auto update statistics" option on tempdb
"Auto update statistics" option is enabled by default on tempdb, if it is disabled, you may get trouble in some...
2013-01-28
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Got "Cannot generate SSPI context" error message after changing sql service account
Today I changed a sql server service startup account during testing, then when I tried to connect sql server with...
2013-01-19
12,474 reads
Row of nonclustered index page
Below is the formula of calculating the row size of non-clustered index page
so unique non-clustered index created on unique clustered index use smallest...
2013-01-04
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Heap might take more space than clustered Index when inserting row
Sometimes when you insert row on heap, even if the page has enough free space, the new row can not...
2013-01-03
954 reads
Test Hadoop cluster on vmware
SQL Server MVP Jeremiah Peschka posted 2 articles about Hadoop, which makes me be interested on the nosql skill.
I don't have much knowledge...
2012-12-29
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Explore file physical structure - Delete
1. Create sample db
use master
go
CREATE DATABASE [test] ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'test', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master\test.mdf' , SIZE = 2048KB , FILEGROWTH = 1024KB...
2012-11-27 (first published: 2012-11-21)
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Blogs
TempDB Internals – What’s New (SQL Server 2016 to 2022)
By Vinay Thakur
I wrote about TempDB Internals and understand that Tempdb plays very important role on...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 2: Generative AI, Multimodal Systems, and Agent AI
By Vinay Thakur
continuing from Day 1 where we covered the history of AI and GPT family,...
A Wellbeing Day at Redgate
By Steve Jones
It’s a day off for Redgate today. This is our annual wellbeing day, where...
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A Quick Restore
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers